Thai Curry Crab Recipe

I like to eat with my fingers. I know, I know…I am a chef and I shouldn’t do such things…but I do. Maybe that is why I love Thai food so much, and the foods of South East Asia for that matter. It is as rustic as it gets, and if you want [...]

Hamburger Recipe | the Rise of the Hamburger

Hamburgers…yum!

With the arrival of the 4th of July holiday here in the US means one thing to cooks and chef’s…BBQ! With summer in full swing and the grill’s tune up complete from the Memorial day holiday at the end of May, BBQ’s countrywide will be firing up and cooking brisket, ribs, burgers, hot [...]

Butter Cookie Recipe – Shortbread Cookie

Coffee and tea can be considered, for all practical purposes my favorite drinks, morning, noon and night. Whether it’s a day off, an early morning at the restaurant or an afternoon out and about in Dubai or whatever city I find myself in I will, with determination and conviction, search for the [...]

Compound butter recipes (5)

Compound butter recipes

 

Got a few ingredients floating around the fridge and have no idea what to do with them…perhaps a compound butter is in your future.

Compound butters have been around for what seems like an eternity and hold a very special place it the annals of culinary history. One in particular, [...]

Dumpster Diving v.2.2 – Rice (Congee/Juk Recipe)

Monday’s…I really don’t know what to say about them except that they are usually my day off. Sleeping in, doing laundry, and attempting to catch up on my “other” life are the goals for the day. After a day of wine tasting yesterday I awoke to a very busy day off. Opening day for [...]

Black Garlic Recipe, Aged and Impressions

Black garlic…it seems that there is quite a buzz these days about this tasty yet exotic ingredient. I kinda stumbled on this when an editorial assistant sent me an email asking questions for an upcoming issue. I know, I know I should have been “in the know” but with the hotel nearing completion and [...]

How to make a Sushi Roll

Who says it never rains here in San Diego? Working on a Sunday, I had to run down to the office from my 4th floor kitchen to finish up some paperwork for an extern I have from the Art Institute. The day started off a bit cloudy and as I was just about to [...]

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